WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1989
Find out what all happened April to November 1989

A group of six members of the guerrilla group Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) of Peru, shoot dead eight transsexuals, in the city of Tarapoto. (31. May 1989)

The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff. (6. July 1989)

Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect. (2. May 1989)

Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. (22. August 1989)

People's Daily publishes the People's Daily editorial of April 26 which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests (26. April 1989)

Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. (15. October 1989)

Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government. (24. August 1989)

East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests. (7. November 1989)

The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army. (4. June 1989)

General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority. (5. August 1989)

Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership". (1. October 1989)

Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike. (13. May 1989)

Radio Caroline, the offshore pirate station in the North Sea, is raided by British and Dutch governments. (19. August 1989)

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. (11. September 1989)

Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the nordic countries until then. (23. October 1989)

Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (4. June 1989)

Holy See–Poland relations are restored. (17. July 1989)

Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. (1. May 1989)

Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. (18. August 1989)

Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu. (13. September 1989)